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The Troy handbook

Living in Troy, NH: what to set up and who to call

Troy runs its own elections, so the town clerk of Troy, not a county office, keeps the voter rolls. The closest ER is Cheshire Medical Center, 9.8 miles away.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Troy, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Troy.

Electricity

Power comes from Eversource

Eversource (Public Service Co. of New Hampshire), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Troy. Its homes paid an average of 24.2¢ per kWh in 2025, about $150 a month (its average across New Hampshire, for customers on its standard service). New Hampshire lets you buy power from another supplier; 43% of Eversource’s home customers do, and Eversource still delivers it.

Start or move service: eversource.com · (800) 662-7764

Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Troy Water Works

Troy Water Works supplies Troy: about 71% of residents live in its service area. About 29% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 1,200 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 people.

Lead, 90th percentile37.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jul–Dec 2008, was 37.0 ppb, above the 15 ppb action level that applied. It’s from 2008: EPA has no newer result for this system.

The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report

EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. NH2361010.

Internet

3 home internet providers serve Troy

97% of 815 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 97% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Fidium FiberFiber88%2,000/2,000
SpectrumFiber, Cable80%1,000/1,000
T-MobileFixed wireless64%100/20

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Troy’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Troy.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Troy kids go to
PK–6Troy Elementary SchoolMonadnock Region School District
7–8Monadnock Regional Middle Schoolin E. Swanzey
9–12Monadnock Regional High Schoolin Swanzey

Troy is in Monadnock Region School District.

C−School gradeSee Schools →

U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Sep 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 19, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Troy is in ZIP code 03465

ZIP codes where Troy residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of TroyZIP’s residents in Troy
03465Troy, NH100%100%
Area code603Wikidata

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

Getting around, the ER and the library

One line each; the subject pages have the rest.

ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.

Questions about living in Troy

Who supplies Troy’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

Troy Water Works (EPA ID NH2361010). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 37.0 ppb (Jul–Dec 2008), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Troy?

Eversource (Public Service Co. of New Hampshire), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 24.2¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Troy?

Fidium Fiber, Spectrum, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Troy?

03465. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Troy in?

Monadnock Region School District.

How do I register to vote in Troy?

New Hampshire has no online registration; you can register in person up to and including Election Day or by mail only in special circumstances (received 13 days before). Elections here are run by the Town Clerk of Troy. Check your registration at app.sos.nh.gov.

Sources & dates

Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.

  • Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
  • Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
  • Trash: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
  • ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
  • Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
  • Registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 19, 2024 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
  • Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
  • Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.